tyrannicidae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tyrannicida, tyrannicidae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tyrannicide, killer/slayer a tyrant/despot; (e.g., killers of Caesar);
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...potest exacta reuocari. XXIII. 1. Notus est ille tyrannicida qui, inperfecto opere comprehensus et ab Hippia tortus..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...homicida sit, an qui tyrannum in mortem compulit tyrannicida, an carmina magorum veneficium. Res enim manifesta est sciturque..."
